Novels by Marie Annah

AERYAHI hadn't seen Larkxe in hours. My parents had led out of the room to give him privacy and time to grieve his parents. But now, I just wanted to be by his side, which is why I was making my way to the bathroom. I had seen the door which connected the two rooms together, when I had gone to take my bath earlier. But it had been locked. Larkxe had locked it, and I was very sure he hadn't come in since the incident either.Slowly, I stepped into the bathroom, and headed for the door, placing my hand in the knob and placing some spells on it. The door gave, and I pushed it, and stepped inside his room.I didn't have time to admire the room, just concentrating on the figure sprawled across the bed in am awkward position. I could hear the sound of his breath, and from the rhythm, I knew he wasn't asleep."Aeryah?" he sighed, and turned lazily to face me. The sight of his face made my heart melt. With bare feet, I padded across the room and climbed into the bed, not bothering to wait fo

AERYAHI jolted out if the bed as soon as I heard the scream pierce through the air, almost sending Larkxe go the floor. Quickly, I rushed to the closet to get some clothes while Larkxe struggling to get himself together. "What the hell is goibg on?" he asked, rhetorically, and moved for the door. My eyes were wide too as I covered myself quickly and followed him out."What is going on?" This time, I asked a domestic staff who happened to be passing by as we made our way up the stairs, to the west wing. That was where the sound had come from.The woman shook her head and pointed in the direction we were going. "I don't know, we all heard it, and are headed there now." she answered and gave Larkxe a brief look, before going up ahead of us.I turned to look at him with a frown on my face. His expression mirrored mine as we made our way up. I could suddenly feel shivers as we approached the last floor. That wasn't good.My mother, aunt, cousin, and some of the staff, were all standing

LARKXEI closed the door behind me and advanced into the room, slowly. It took every bit of will power I had in me, not to rush to the bed, and take her in my arms. This mating thing was killing me, and had almost stripped me of all my selfcontrol. The expression on her face mirrored what I felt inside of me. I wasn't alone.I watched as she adjusted the sheets she had drawn up to her chest, drawing my attention to the rise and fall of her chest. She was nervous. I could tell. A little bit of the memory of the night we spent together, flashed in my mind. I licked my lips. My cock throbbed inside the confines of my jean, and I was happy the legs were loose enough to hide the indentation.That wasn't the reason I was here. I was here because I had resolved with my parents to marry her. It was crazy...I know, but I wanted to do things the right way. Aside from being my mate, she was intriguing as hell. And I was smitten by here."Hey..." I said, standing before her, just at the foot of

AERYAHMy mother had been spitting blue fire, literally, as she paced the full length of the dining room. To say I was afraid, was to say the least.i couldn't even explain what had occured in the shed. All I could say, was that my emotions were on a high."Mum, please say something." I urged, completely fed up with the silence and suspense. It was killing me.She stopped in her tracks, and closed her hands in a fist, quenching the blue flame that sat on both palms. The flames were pretty harmless, until they were thrown at a person."What do you want me to say, Aeryah? I'm confused and really, really angry. We do no mate with them. It has never happened before." she spat, and looked at my father, who sat in his own corner, for help.I sighed, running my hands through my red hair. Now that the whole mating madness had cleared up a little bit, I could think straight. The truth was, I never would have thought that I would be mated any time soon. Not in a million years. And especially, no

AERYAH"Aeryah! Do you know who he is?" she asked worriedly, making me frown."Uhmm, the man I slept with...?" I answered, staring at her and beginning to get worried myself. Maryah bit her lips and pinched the bridge of her nose. "Aeryah. You just slept with the Alpha's son. Scratch that. You just slept with the Alpha of Lakewood's son." she said, and shut her eyes.I inhaled sharply at her words. She had to be joking. "No, Maryah. You must be joking. There is no way in hell that that's possible. If it was really the Alpha of Lakewood's son, I would know right away. I'm a moon witch." I tried to defend myself, but even I, knew that my words didn't have any weight.The sexual tension had been so high that I had thrown all caution and reasonable thinking to the wind. Maryah shook her head. "I'm afraid it's true. How would I lie about such a thing to you?" she said and played with her hair nervously.A small chill ran through me as realization started to dawn on me. "Maryah, when I ar

LARKXEI woke up with a very big smile on my face. As cheesy as it sounded, I had dreamt of Aeryah, and I had enjoyed every bit of it. I smiled again and stretched my body, feeling relaxed.Just as quick as the smile came, it left, and as I turned to the other side of the bed, I confirmed my fears.She had left. My ears peaked, trying to listen to hear any sound that could indicate if she was still around.Nothing. I touched the side of the bed she had laid and winced when I felt how cold it was. If I could guess, I would say she had left over an hour ago. It couldn't be less. But why had she left? She could have at least said goodbye to me!Disappointment washed through me as I sat up on the bed that now felt as uncomfortable as ever. I suddenly didn't want to be in the room anymore.What I had shared with Aeryah the previous night had been nothing short of mind-blowing, and I had been looking forward to getting to know her better. We had woken up in the wee hours of the morning, an

ARIANASitting next to Alexander as we discussed with our potential clients was pure torture. All I could think of was the almost-kiss that happened back in my office. In fact, my nipples were tight and rubbed painfully and sensitivity, against my shirt.I wanted the meeting to end so bad, so I could rush back to my office and regain my composure.It didn't help that Alexander looked as undisturbed as ever, speaking without any sign of discomfort. I mean, why would he be uncomfortable? It's not like he liked me, or was attracted to me. Je had shown me that, by teasing me and mocking me in my own office. And the most painful part was, he had proved a point.That I was attracted to him.Knowing Alexander, he was going to use it to his advantage. After all, women drooled after him all the fucking time, making my stomach churn badly from their very blatant gazes.I sighed heavily, crossing my ankles as I tried to make myself comfortable in the seat. How could I even be comfortable, when h

ARIANA “You look really flushed.” Oliver said, the moment I opened the door and he looked at me. Jeez. I had fanned myself continuously with my hands for the fifteen seconds it had taken me to get the door.It hadn’t worked.“I’m just hungry, Oliver.” I replied, taking the brown paper bag that contained my lunch from him. The aroma from the bag was enough to make my stomach growl in anticipation. “You are my savior. Literally.” I said, taking a whiff from the bag which was warm in my hands, before going to my table to get some cash. I was trying hard to distract myself from the situation I was, and it wasn't working.“Oh, please.” He said, waving me off and putting his hands in his pocket as he looked around.“Where’s Ava?” I asked as I pulled out the bills from my purse. Ava was the one who usually brought any meal from Oliver, to my office.“She’s downstairs waiting for me. She was supposed to deliver these to you by herself, but someone came in and she got called to the side.” Oliv

ARIANAIt wasn’t even 1pm yet and I was already developing a mild headache. It had to be as a result of reading so many papers in such a short period of time.I hated paper work. I hated it with a passion. And if not that my angel of an assistant was on maternal leave, I wouldn’t have had to deal with them. What made matters worse was the fact that I hadn’t even found a replacement for her in the past two months since she had gotten of.Whereas, Alexander was having the time of his life with not just one, but two assistants. He was always so extra! And the fact that he enjoyed paperwork like it were some type of recreational game. I knew. I had caught him dancing round how office once, as he went through some papers. The horror! Sexy horror!Speaking of Alexander, I hadn’t seen him in the office, since I had arrived. Katherina had given me some papers which he had left for me, in my absence, and when I had finished signing them, I had gone to give them to him, but he had been nowhere t

ALEXANDER “Can the two of you just cut it out already?” I asked my brothers who sat in my office. They were twins, and it annoyed me to my very toes whenever they attacked me at the same time. I could deal with one, and not two. I could never win an argument when it came to that. They always showed me that two heads were better than one.Both Hermes, and Orion shook their head. “Nope.” Hermes stated.“Never.” Orion seconded his brother. "We wouldn't."I just huffed and leaned back on my chair, enjoying the feel of the soft leather, through my suit-clad back. “Fine. Do as you please. I’ll be out of here in a few minutes anyway.” I checked the time to be sure. I had an emergency meeting to attend outside the office, and it couldn’t have come at a better time. Tuesdays were usually ‘no meeting’ days. But it was an emergency. And I rather be at a meeting, than in this office with my brothers.“That’s your problem, man. Just make sure you have a woman available to show to your mother by t

ARIANA I rolled my eyes and I stared at my phone as it rang for the the fifth time in a row. The very loud ringtone peirced through the silence in the room, annoying me greatly. I really didn't want to pick up Darren's call. The man didn't even know when to stop! What was it with men and thinking they would always get what they want? I had known Darren for just a few days, and not only was he acting so possessive towards me, he was acting like we were already in a freaking relationship. What an absolute jerk? I sighed and picked up the phone. “Hello?” I said in my most pretentiously sweet voice. I had thought Darren would be ‘something’ when I had met him at a charity event just last week. But instead he had turned to be so a self centered blabber mouthed idiot. All he did was talk about himself, and all the nonsense he owned. He didn't even let me speak!“Ariana! I’ve been calling you for the past one hour! Where have you been?” His voice was raised. Great! What was he annoyed